Adult neuroblastoma in the retroperitoneum

Adult peripheral neuroblastoma.

Report of clinical features, diagnostic and surgical aspects observed in a case of adult peripheral neuroblastoma infiltrative of the lumbosacral plexuses. The patient, a 39-year-old male, presented with sciatalgia and progressive crural monoplegia. Characteristic histological features of this rare tumor are described. Surgical resection was attempted via a posterior transgluteal approach to th...

Fibromyxoid sarcoma in the retroperitoneum

Rationale: Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS) is a pathological type of fibrosing fibrosarcoma that appears as a distinctive soft tissue masse with bland histological features. It is mostly located in the deep soft tissues of the extremities. Computed tomography (CT) plays an important role in diagnosing fibrosing fibrosarcoma in the abdomen. To date, several studies in the literature have r...

Neuroblastoma in an adult: case report.

Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid malignancy in children but rarely described in adults, being 10% of all cases diagnosed after the first decade of life. We report a 23 year-old black woman with a mass at paravertebral region of T3-T5, multiple lesions in vertebral bodies and expanding skull-brain lesion at the right parietal region. Immunohistochemical analysis (negative for ...

Bilateral Metastatic Orbital Neuroblastoma in an Adult

Neuroblastoma is the most common extra cranial solid malignancy in children but it is rare in adults. We report a 35 year old woman who presented with bilateral proptosis with visual loss, fever, and bone pain and weight loss. Computed tomography showed orbital adrenal mass with bony lesions of orbit and calvarium. CT abdomen revealed a pelvic mass which was suspected to be the primary. There w...

Bone Involvement in Neuroblastoma